Thursday, January 19, 2006
NPD: 600,000 Xbox 360s Have Sold in U.S.
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "NEWS" @ 07:00 AM
"An NPD Group analyst said Friday that Microsoft had sold only 600,000 units of its Xbox 360 gaming consoles in the U.S. since their debut November 22, 2005. If accurate, the pace of Xbox 360 sales would put Microsoft well behind pace for its stated goals of selling 3 million systems withing 90 days of launch, and 4.5 to 5.5 million Xbox 360 systems by mid-2006."
For all of the complaints about Xbox 360 shortages, that's still a lot of devices to have manufactured and sold in just a few months, particularly considering the complexity of the Xbox 360. That's also a huge installed base of Windows MCE Extenders. No home theater multimedia device has had this kind of market penetration to date. What I'll be particularly interested to see is if sales of MCE PCs increase as Xbox 360 owners seek to expand the 360's multimedia capabilities.
For all of the complaints about Xbox 360 shortages, that's still a lot of devices to have manufactured and sold in just a few months, particularly considering the complexity of the Xbox 360. That's also a huge installed base of Windows MCE Extenders. No home theater multimedia device has had this kind of market penetration to date. What I'll be particularly interested to see is if sales of MCE PCs increase as Xbox 360 owners seek to expand the 360's multimedia capabilities.
